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Quashed On Legal Grounds15 July 20263375307

Lilac Farm Cottage, Water Lane, Oxton, Southwell, NG25 0SH

Planning appeal 3375307 at Lilac Farm Cottage, Water Lane, Oxton, Southwell, NG25 0SH (Newark & Sherwood District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 15 July 2026 by Inspector Pleasant L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on highway safety.

Without planning permission, operational 'development' consisting of the erection of a brick wall enclosing the Southern garden of the property (as shown by the red markers within photographs 1 and 2; and highlighted in red on the site location plan

Authority
Newark & Sherwood District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Pleasant L
Postcode
NG25 0SH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development on highway safety

What decided it

The low frequency and speed of traffic on Water Lane, coupled with the limited daily vehicle movements from the adjacent access, mean that the wall does not have an unacceptable impact on highway safety.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Spatial Policy 7Spatial Policy 9Policy DM5Policy DM6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 115

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